What needs to be done in a growth budget is clear. Will the Carney government have the political courage to fulfill its promises and do it?

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Upon succeeding Justin Trudeau as prime minister, Mark Carney began repudiating many of Trudeau’s failed economic policies, even ones he had advocated as a close economic adviser. The sudden turnaround met with the uncritical support both of the legacy media, which had also been totally onside with the policies being discarded, and of ministers carried over from the ancien regime. So much for much-vaunted “values.” As Groucho Marx said, “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.” Mind you, Canadian Liberalism has long been inspired by Marxism: both Groucho’s comical cynicism and a watered-down version of Karl’s dystopian anti-capitalism.

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How genuine Carney’s policy conversion is will be tested next month in a federal budget that comes fully a year and a half after the past one. So much for parliamentary accountability! This year Parliament will have sat for........

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